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Organisational ActivitiesRajasthan on the path of development..................................... 7Kummanam Rajasekharan appointed as new Kerala BJP President.. 9Dilip Ghosh takes over as new BJP President of West Bengal.... 9

Government's AchievementsProgress of “Make In India” Campaign.................................... 10FDI goes up by 35% in last 17 months on Make in India push.. 10Modi govt. awards national highway projects....................... 10PSLV Successfully Launches Six Satellites from Singapore. 11India positioned itself as a leader in Renewable Energy....... 11PM inaugurates electric bus service for MPs......................... 12

VaicharikiFundamentals of Democracy

-Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya.................................................... 13

ShradhanjaliGopinath-Gadh in Beed, Maharashtra....................................... 15

ArticlesLegacy of JP

By P. Parameswaran............................................................ 16Why the Congress is wrong

By Arun Jaitley..................................................................... 22The limits of negativism

By M Venkaiah Naidu......................................................... 24'Democratic' Sonia Vs 'Dictatorial' Modi

By S Gurumurthy................................................................. 28

OthersJapan PM's visit............................................................................. 18A Special Report on KALA UTSAV 2015... 20

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“Sensitivity has to be a vital element of policing.Police forces should establish strong links withlocal communities & connect with people.”

-Narendra Modi

Makarsankranti / Pongal : January 15, 2015Makar Sankranti is one of the most

auspicious day for the Hindus worldwide,and is celebrated with great devotion. It isa major harvest festival celebrated in everypart of India. On this day the sun ends itssouthward journey (Dakshinayana) at theTropic of Capricorn, and starts movingnorthward (Uttarayaana) towards the Tropicof Cancer, in the month of Pausha on thisday in mid-January. It falls around midJanuary every year according to the SolarCalendar.

Lakhs of people take dip in places likeGanga Sagar and Prayag and other holyplaces of the country. Makar Sankranti iscelebrated with pomp in southern parts of the country as Pongal, and in Punjab it iscelebrated as Lohri and Maghi. In Peethas of Lord Jagannath and Tara Tarini in Odisha thisfestival is observed as Makara/Nabanki and ‘Uttarayana Yatra’.

In Uttar Pradesh, Makar Sankrant is called Khichiri. Taking a dip in the holy rivers onthis day is regarded as most auspicious. A big one-month long Magha-Mela fair begins atPrayag (Allahabad) on this occasion. Apart from Triveni, ritual bathing also takes place atmany holy places of the country. In Bengal every year a very big Mela is held on this occasionat Ganga Sagar where it is believed that Maharaja Bhagiratha, performed great penance tobring the Ganga down to the earth for the redemption of 60,000 sons of Maharaj Sagar, whowere burnt to ashes at the Kail Muni Ashram, near the present day Ganga Sagar.

It was on this day that Bhagirath finally did Tarpan wth the Ganges water for hisunfortunate ancestors and thereby liberated them from the curse. In Gujarat on theMakar Sankrant there is a custom of giving gifts to relatives and kite flying. The GujaratiPundits on this auspicious day grant scholarships to students for higher studies inastrology and philosophy. Kite flying has also been associated with this festival in a bigway in Gujarat.

“BJP government is not for luxurybut for the welfare of backward,downtrodden and poor.”

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.Congress cannot think beyond dynasty

Finally, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had to appear in the court and takebail. It became clear that no one is above law and the courts cannot beintimidated by obstructing the parliament. As summons were issued in

National Herald case by the court, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi tried toseek exemption from personal appearance from the High Court. The problemstarted when the High Court in a detailed 27-page order while rejecting thegrant of exemption directed both of them to appear in the court. In a bizarremove the Congress chose to obstruct the functioning of the parliament callingit a political battle. Even in the face of negative public mood it continued to stallparliament on one pretext or the other. It led to blocking of several crucial billswhich could have expedited the process of development in the country. Congresshas pushed itself on the suicidal path by acting against the public mood anddemocratic ethics. Its hope to gain from negative politics stands no chance aspeople have always stood by positive politics in the country.

The statement of Rahul Gandhi that the PMO was behind High Courtjudgment further shows the utter contempt of Congress for democraticinstitutions. It is not only an attack on the PMO but also an assault on judiciarywhich is held in high esteem by the people of India. It bares the same mindsetof the Congress which had no qualms in imposing emergency in the countryand no regret for muzzling democratic voices. It is the mindset which considers‘dynasty’ to be sacrosanct and ready to attack even the court to protect itsinterests. The nation has rarely seen Congressmen coming out on the street onany major national issue but if the ‘dynasty’ is in the dock then Congressmenare seen brazenly competing to prove their loyalty. The loyalty for ‘dynasty’is above and over everything. The culture of sycophancy nurtured and nourishedby the ‘dynasty’ has now become its weakest point. This is why the Congressis registering continuous decline and its support base now stands eroded to theirreparable extent. The manner in which the parliament was obstructed hasfurther exposed the Congress which prefers to keep the ‘dynastic interests’over and above the interests of the nation.

The National Herald case is in the court where the issue will be decided.Any sane person who knows the Indian constitution would say that the issueis outside the purview of the parliament. To block parliament on the issue is notonly to question the integrity of the judiciary but an attempt to coerce it intosubmission. This is in a way denial of independence of the judiciary and openlyraises fingers at its ability to deliver justice. Can judiciary be influenced? Canits judgment be twisted to serve someone’s political interests? It is somethingwhich is beyond the imagination in the country. The Congress should desistfrom inflicting grave damage to higher institutions on which people have faithand this faith has been a crucial component in our democratic system. Such kindof short sighted politics may cause long term damage to our political system.Congress should rise above its petty interests and dynastic politics and thinkin the interest of broader issues at the national level.

The people have voted out Congress in such a way that it is now in noposition to even disrupt the Lok Sabha but it is able to stall the functioning


of the Rajya Sabha.Congress has failed tolearn any lessons fromits drastically reducedstrength in Lok Sabhaand the days are notfar away when it willget even reduced inthe Rajya Sabha.Congress shouldknow that people arewatching it. Congressis not only stalling theparliament, it’screating obstructionsin the path ofdevelopment. It isstalling the progressof the nation. Itcannot think beyond‘dynasty’ and itsinterests. ForC o n g r e s s m e n‘dynasty’ cannot bequestioned and theiracts cannot be a subjectof scrutiny. For themthey are above law ofthe land and theirappearance in the courtis a ‘merciful act’ forwhich nation shouldbe grateful to them.The nation should begrateful because theyhave ‘respected’ thelaw. Such kind ofmindset is onlyexpediting thedownfall of theCongress and their actto stall parliament isthe result of the samemindset. Nation iswatching them andthey will teachCongress lesson againin the days to come.

All the charges imposed on Arun Jaitley arebaseless and beyond truth : Amit Shah

Statement of BJP National PresidentUnion Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley is an honest and devoted

leader and even opponents avoid to make allegation on his integrity.His public life is like an open book and it is dedicated to the country.DDCA dispute charges on him are baffling because he had noinvolvement in the day-to-day activities of DDCA otherwise also as

SFIO stated in its report. All thecharges imposed on Shri Jaitleyare baseless and beyond truth.

Consequently, defending ShriArun Jaitley BJP NationalPresident Shri Amit Shah said on21 December 2015, it is aconspiracy to discredit Shri Jaitley.

He said, AAP has constitutedan inquiry panel on allegedDDCA controversy and called aspecial session of the Assembly

on the same issue. How DDCA comes in the purview of investigation,it is a legal matter. The entire process adopted by AAP is an exerciseto deflect attention from the criminal defamation suit filed on AAPleaders by Shri Jaitley .

Shri Shah said Bharatiya Janata Party is unitedly standing by ShriJaitley and the party will not allow any plot framed by AAP in termsto get succeeded to defame his personality. People of this country arefully aware of his transparent and authentic life.

Shri Shah said Shri Arun Jaitley has lived his entire public lifewith high standards and principles. AAP was daydreaming if itthought that its actions will harm the image of Shri Jaitley. AAP istrying to divert the issue and it will disadvantage AAP only.

Arun Jaitley will come out withflying colors : Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi supported Finance MinisterShri Arun Jaitley and said he will come out of all the charges withflying colours. “Arun Jaitley will come out with flying colours inthe same manner as Shri L.K. Advani did in the hawala case... theCongress is raking up manufactured allegations to defame the(BJP-led) government,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu quoted Modi as saying at a BJP parliamentaryparty meeting. “They tried the same with Sushma-ji, Vasundhara-ji and Shivraj-ji... they (the Congress) only want to defame thegovernment,” Shri Modi was quoted as saying.


Bharatiya Janata PartyNational President ShriAmit Shah lauded Smt.

Vasundhara Raje led BJPgovernment in Rajasthan forits achievements in the lasttwo-year period in office. The

BJP government in the Stateis truly characterizes the BJPmotto of ‘Sabka Saath SabkaVikas’,” Shri Shah saidaddressing a large public rallyorganized to celebrate theVasundhara Raje-led Stategovernment’s completion oftwo years in office on 13December, 2015, in Jaipur.

Shri Amit Shah saidRajasthan is on the path ofdevelopment, thanks to thesupport from the Centre.Taking a dig at the previousCongress regime under AshokGehlot, he said, “In the pasttwo years there have been nocorruption cases or scandalsunder the BJP rule in Rajasthan

unlike the previous Congressregime.”

Shri Shah applauding theefforts of Raje governmentsaid that governance here wasexemplary and Smt. Raje hadsuccessfully taken the flagship

programmes of NarendraModi government to thevillages. “Be it Make in India,Skill India, Digital India,Swachh Bharat or any other;Chief Minister Smt. Raje hastaken these initiatives to thevillages and has led byexample”.

Shri Shah pointed out thatBJP under Smt. Raje hadformed the governmentearlier too but the situationwas different then. “This timearound, it is the BJP which isin power both in the state andthe centre. Smt. Raje has beenquite successful in drawing amaximum benefit from this,”he said. He claimed that the

Congress’s claims that therewas no development in thestate are baseless. “The workdone in Rajasthan in the pasttwo years and the number ofprojects announced orcommissioner from the state

today, are more than whatthe Congress did in the 60years it was in power,” saidShri Shah.

Shri Shah said, Rajasthangovernment is ready all thetime, on every front, for thegrowth and welfare ofoppressed people, backwardsand poor of the society. Hesaid that ‘Apna Jila, ApniSarkar’ is a unique experimentof current Vasundhara RajeBJP government whichensures the government toreach out to the mass. He saidthat the current BJPgovernment has set anunprecedented example bybuilding more than 22 million

Vikas Sankalp Samaroh on completion of two Year of BJP Govt in Rajasthan

Rajasthan on the path ofdevelopment : Amit Shah

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Organisational Activity


toilets in two years. He said,celebrating ‘PanchayatDivas’ encourages localgoverning body andstrengthens it. He said,Rajasthan government havetaken a new step towardsimproving health services inthe state by the foundationof seven new medical

colleges together which isquite welcome.

Shri Shah said that therepeated public verdicts,which favour BJP in the state,show that the organizationand government are fit,active and walking togetheron the path to development.“I congratulate both Smt.Raje and state president ShriAshok Parnami for the goodwork in the state. I am suretogether this Team Rajasthanwill take the state to a newheight,” he said.

“If the governmentcontinues to run this way,the Congress will never beable to return to power inthe state,” he added.

Shri Shah further said,

“Today no one would darebehead Indian soldiers alongthe Indo-Pak border thanks toNarendra Modi government’szero tolerance towardsterrorism and bordersecurity”. “Earlier, farmerswould get compensation onlyif the damage was 50 per centand more. But the Modi

government has brought itdown to 33 per cent, whichhas resulted in 70 per centfarmers getting the benefit ofcompensation,” he said.

He said that the centralgovernment has decided tooffer Soil Health Card to everyfarmer by 2019 so that farmerscould perform their farmingactivity easily. He said, all theplans and schemes initiated byShri Narendra Modi-ledcentral government have beenmade for poor and farmerswhether it be about providingloans to courage self-employment under ‘MudraBank’ scheme withoutguarantee and at very low rate,whether it be a matter ofconnecting people with banks

through ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojna’, whether it be aconcept of providing waterfor irrigation to every farmerof the country with a cost of75 thousand crores rupees,whether it be a matter ofproviding 24-hours electricityin villages under ‘Pandit DeenDayal Upadhyay Rural

Electrification’ scheme.He said that Rajasthangovernment has workedin quite commendablemanner by implementingall these plans successfullyin the state.

Addressing on theoccasion Rajasthan ChiefMinister Smt. VasundharaRaje said, “It was adifficult task to reviveRajasthan from thefinancial difficulty that theprecious Congress regimehad put the State into.

Rajasthan was going throughgreat financial difficulty whenthe BJP came to power here.”

On the occasion ChiefMinister Smt. Raje announcedseveral welfare anddevelopment schemes worthRs 9,000 crore. She unveiled anew scheme fore n t r e p r e n e u r s h i pdevelopment and self-employment for unemployedyouths, women, people fromthe SC and ST categories andthe differently-abled. TheBhamashah EmploymentGeneration Scheme willenable people from thesecategories to avail bank loanson low interest rates in orderto set up small enterprises oftheir own.


Kummanam Rajasekharanappointed as new Kerala BJP

President

BJP National President Shri AmitShah has appointed BJP StateGeneral Secretary Shri

Kummanam Rajasekharan as the newState President of Kerala on 18December, 2015.

The 63year olds e n i o rjourna l i s tt u r n e dR a s h t r i y aSwayamsevakS a n g hPracharakS h r iRajasekharanborn inAymanemvillage of Kerala and after hisgraduation took up journalism as hisprofession and two years later, he tookup a full-time job with the FoodCorporation of India.

He left it after a decade andentered the political arena when hewas the Hindu Munnani candidate inthe 1987 assembly polls. He wasrunners-up from an assemblyconstituency in the capital city,Thiruvananthapuram and since thenhe has been a full-time RSS Pracharak.

Shri Rajasekharan assumed chargeat the state party headquarters inThiruvananthapuram on the same dayevening, soon after arriving from Delhi.

He succeeds Shri V Muraleedharan,who had two terms as the Presidentof the party unit in Kerala. BJPNational President Shri Amit Shah hasalso appointed former BJP StatePresident Shri V Muraleedharan asconvener of Kerala State ElectionManagement Committee.

Dilip Ghosh takes over as new BJPPresident of West Bengal

Months ahead of State Assembly polls next year,Shri Dilip Ghosh on 12 December, 2015 took over asthe new BJP State President of West Bengal.

Noteworthy, BJP National President Shri AmitShah has appointed Shri Ghosh as the new StatePresident on 11 December, 2015.

S h r iGhosh isan old RSSSwayamsevakand was astate BJPG e n e r a lSecretary.

Handingover thecharge toS h r iG h o s h ,the party’soutgoing State President, Shri Rahul Sinha, expressedthe hope that the party would be able to bring in achange under the leadership of the new statePresident.

Three former BJP State Presidents Shri SukumarBanerjee, Shri Asim Ghosh and Shri SatyabrataMukherjee were present in the formal hand-over ofcharge.

After taking over the charge Shri Ghosh said,“My first priority is to consolidate party’sorganizational structure to fight against the TrinamoolCongress, Congress and CPI(M). We will worktogether to strengthen the party and present beforeour political opponents a solid block.”

Shri Ghosh is confident that all protest-programmes against Saradha scam and other chitfunds related issues would continue all over thestate.

BJP National President Shri Amit Shah alsoappointed the former state President Shri Rahul Sinhaas BJP National Secretary.

On the occasion Shri Sinha said we are all withthe new president of West Bengal and will ensurethat the party will come to power in the upcomingassembly elections.

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FDI goes up by 35% in last 17 months onMake in India push

Make in India initiative has made a incredible impacton investment climate in India. The department ofindustrial policy and promotion (DIPP) on December 17said that following the initiative, foreign direct investmenthas surged by about 35 per cent in the last 17 monthscompared to the same period a year ago.

The government has been successful in gettingsubstantial investments in areas including electronics,automotive, food processing, textiles and garments,renewable energy and construction. The department isalso taking measures to hold road shows for pushingdomestic companies to manufacture in the country.However, the key challenge is to make India the easiestand simplest place to do business, a goal which thegovernment is determined to achieve.

Detailing the progress made in the Smart Cityinitiative, the department disclosed that engineering,and procurement and construction contracts worth Rs3,000 crore have been awarded for the upcoming citiesof Dholera in Gujarat, Shendra in Maharashtra andVikram Udyogpuri in Maghya Pradesh, where work hasstarted. The department is all set to launch a Make inIndia week in Mumbai next year where over 1,000companies and delegates are expected to participate fromover 60 countries.

Modi govt. awards national highway projectsworth over Rs 1 lakh crore in last 18 months

As many as 599 highways projects have beensanctioned and about 12,903 km of national highwayshave been awarded entailing estimated expenditure ofRs 1.08 lakh crore under the present government.

Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, RoadTransport and Highways Minister Shri Nitin Gadkarisaid “During the present government, 599 new projectswere sanctioned and about 12,903 km length of nationalhighways were awarded for which likely expenditurewill be to the tune of Rs 1,08,483 crore”.

Regular meetings of infrastructure committee, hesaid, are being conducted for clearing bottlenecks relatedto land acquisition, utility shifting, non-availability ofsoil/ aggregate, environment/forest/wild life clearancesand others.

“Apart from this, regular review meetings are held

Progress of “MakeIn India” Campaign

The Make in India initiative waslaunched globally in September, 2014by the Government of India to focus oninvigorating the country’smanufacturing sector. A number ofinitiatives have been taken by theGovernment of India since the launch ofMake in India campaign last year. Themake in India initiative is based on thefollowing four pillars, under whichvarious initiatives have been taken, are:

New Processes, Ease of DoingBusiness, New Infrastructure,IndustrialCorridors, Industrial Clusters, SmartCities,New Sectors, New Mindset.

The Make in India initiative of theGovernment has made a tremendousimpact on the investment climate ofthe country, as shown by significantgrowth of overall Foreign DirectInvestment (FDI).

‘Make in India’ initiative aims atdeveloping India as a global hub formanufacturing, innovation and designfor both domestic and foreign markets.Government has made efforts to simplifythe regulatory requirements for importand export which includes:• Making available importer-exporter

code online through e-biz portal.• Reducing number of documents

required from seven to three forexports and ten to three for imports.

• Establishment of Customs ClearanceFacilitation Committees in everyport to ensure expeditious clearanceof goods.

• Integration of customs onlineSingle window clearance systemwith Food Safety & StandardsAuthority of India and PlantQuarantine thorough messageexchange for faster clearance offood and plant products.

Government's Achievements



with project developers, state governmentsand contractors in head quarter by theimplementing agencies to make theconstruction of projects hassle free,” ShriGadkari said.

In another reply to the House, the ministersaid that the pace of construction and repairof highways is more than 16 km per daywhich is comparable with the past.

“At present, about 1,050 numbers ofdevelopment projects are on-going forimprovement/construction covering a lengthof 31,944 km of various National Highways inthe country out of 98,973 km of total length ofNational Highways in the country,” he said.

The remaining length of NationalHighways, he added, are being repaired andmaintained in the traffic worthy conditionsubject to availability of funds and inter-sepriority.

PSLV Successfully Launches SixSatellites from Singapore

In its thirty second flight conducted fromSatish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR,Sriharikota on December 16, ISRO’s Polar

Satellite LaunchVehicle PSLV-C29 successfullylaunched sixsatellites fromS i n g a p o r e ,including the 400kg TeLEOS-1,the primarysatellite. Theother fivesatellites wereco. passengerpayloads. PSLV-C29 launched allthe six payloadsinto an orbit of549 km heightinclined at anangle of 15 degto the equator.

The six

satellites carried by PSLV-C29 today togetherweighed about 624 kg at lift-off. These sixsatellites were launched as part of theagreement entered into between STElectronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems),Singapore and Antrix Corporation Limited,the commercial arm of the Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO), a governmentof India Company under the Department ofSpace (DOS).

This is the eleventh flight of PSLV in ‘core-alone’ configuration (without the use of solidstrap-on motors). PSLV has successfullylaunched 57 satellites for customers fromabroad including the six Singapore satelliteslaunched today.

After a 59 hour smooth count down, the227.6 ton PSLV-C29 lifted off from the FirstLaunch Pad (FLP) at SDSC SHAR at 1800 hrs(6:00 pm) IST with the ignition of its firststage. The important flight events includedthe separation of the first stage, ignition ofthe second stage, separation of the payloadfairing at about 117 km altitude, second stageseparation, third stage ignition and separation,fourth stage ignition and cut-off.

Once the intended orbit was achieved,TeLEOS-1 was deployed at about 18 min 12seconds after lift-off. This was followed bythe deployment of other five satellites, viz.,Kent Ridge-1, VELOX-C1, VELOX-II, Galassiaand Athenoxat-1 in quick succession in thesubsequent three minutes.

India positioned itself as aleader in Renewable Energy

Climate justice has won at ParisClimate Change talks, says PM

The twenty-first session of the Conferenceof the Parties (COP21) took place from 30November to 11 December 2015, in Paris,France. The Indian leadership has done wellin defending development priorities ofdeveloping countries. One of the major pointsof discord was the principle of common butdifferentiated responsibilities (CBDR).Common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR),


principle of international environmental lawestablishing that all states are responsible foraddressing global environmental destruction yetnot equally responsible. The principle balances, onthe one hand, the need for all states to takeresponsibility for global environmental problemsand, on the other hand, the need to recognize thewide differences in levels of economic developmentbetween states. These differences in turn are linkedto the states’ contributions to, as well as theirabilities to address, these problems. CBDR wasformalized in international law at the 1992 UnitedNations Conference on Environment andDevelopment (UNCED) in Rio deJaneiro

Western countries led byUnited States of America werecontinuously opposing thedemand of CBDR by developingcountries led by India. Lastly theissue had become India versusAmerica. India wanted to getinclude CBDR principle inenvironment governance ofworld. In the Paris talks on climatechange, Modi governmentdiplomatic acumen became able to get theagreement to retain the principle of CBDR inthe key elements of technology transfer,finance, adaptation and capacity building.Simultaneously India has placed itself as aleader in the renewable energy space byspearheading the creation of the InternationalSolar Alliance (ISA) and organized India‘spavilion to showcase India commitment toclimate change.

On the gain, Prime Minister Shri NarendraModi said “Climate justice has won at ParisClimate Change Conference.” The PrimeMinister said that the deliberations at COP 21and Paris Agreement has demonstrated thecollective wisdom of world leaders to mitigateclimate change.

Sharing his sentiments in a series of tweetsthe Prime Minister observed that the outcomeof Paris Agreement has no winners or losers.

“Deliberations at COP21 and ParisAgreement demonstrate the collective wisdom

of world leaders to mitigate climate change.Climate change remains a challenge but ParisAgreement demonstrates how every nationrose to the challenge, working towards asolution.

Outcome of Paris Agreement has nowinners or losers. Climate justice has wonand we are all working towards a greenerfuture,” the Prime Minister tweeted.

PM inaugurates electric busservice for MPs

Prime Minister shri Narendra Modi on 21December, 2015 inaugurated an electric busservice for parliamentarians aimed atpromoting environment-friendly initiatives inthe country’s public transport system. “Theworld has been discussing issues concerningthe environment for a long time, but the ill-effects of pollution have been felt only oflate,” he said after launching the ‘Go Green’bus service in the Parliament House complexhere. He presented the bus keys to Lok SabhaSpeaker Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, who was thefirst to enter the bus after the inauguration ofthe service.

Speaking on the occasion, Road TransportMinister Shri Nitin Gadkari said similar buseswill be introduced in the public transportsector across the country.

Shri Gadkari said each electric bus willhelp save Rs.8 lakh per year since its runningcost will be lesser compared with conventionalbuses.



GOVERNMENT BY DEBATEDEMOCRACY has been defined as

government by debate. The tradition of debateis old in our country. But such a debate can befruitful only when each party carefully listensto what the other has to say and has thedesire to accept the truth in it. If instead oftrying to understand theother person’s point ofview we insist upon ourown point of view such adebate must remain fruit-less. When Voltaire said,“I do not agree with whatyou say, but I’ shalldefend to death yourright to say it,’’ he wasonly accepting thefruitless part of thedebate. Bharatiya culturegoes beyond this andlooks at debate as a meansfor the realization oftruth. We believe thattruth is not one-sided, andthat its various facets canbe seen, examined andexperienced from variousangles.Hence he who hasthe capacity to have acomprehensive view ofthe unity underlying allsuch diversities is a seer.DEMOCRACYWITHOUTSANSKARAS

There is no conflictbetween the individualand society; If it ispresent, it is anaberration. It is notnecessary to curb thefreedom of the individual

in the interest of society. In fact unbridledliberty does not lead to the development ofthe individual, it leads to his ruin. Completeidentification of the individual with society isitself a state of complete development for theindividual. The individual is the medium and

the measure of thecompleteness of society.The freedom of theindividual and the interestof society are notcontradictory.Democracyis but an instrument for thefulfilment of the duty ofthe people. Theeffectiveness of theinstrument depends uponthe feeling for the nationin the life of the people,consciousness ofresponsibility, anddiscipline. If theseSanskaras are absent in thecitizen, democracydegenerates into aninstrument of individual,class and party interest.CENTRALISATION OFPOWER

The centralization ofpolitical, economic andsocial powers in oneindividual or institution isa hindrance in the way ofdemocracy. Generallywhen power in a certainfield gets concentrated inone individual thatindividual tries directly orindirectly to concentrate inhis hands power in otherfields also. It is thus thatthe dictatorial

Fundamentals of DemocracyPt. Deendayal Upadhyaya

VAICHARIKI

The freedom of the individualand the interest of society arenot contradictory.Democracy isbut an instrument for thefulfilment of the duty of thepeople. The effectiveness of theinstrument depends upon thefeeling for the nation in the lifeof the people, consciousnessof responsibility, and discipline.If these Sanskaras are absentin the citizen, democracydegenerates into an instrumentof individual, class and partyinterest.


governments of the Communists and theKhilafat were set up. Even when human life isintegral and its various fields complementaryto each other the units representing thesevarious fields should remain separate.Normally speaking the various units of theadministration should concern themselveswith administration and should not enter thefield of economics. A capitalist economy firstacquires power in the economic field and thenenters the political field, while socialismconcentrates power over all means ofproduction in the hands of the State. Boththese systems are against the democratic rightsof the individual and their properdevelopment. Hence along with centralizationwe shall have to think of division of powers.DEMOCRACY AND SOCIALISM

DURING Pandit Nehru’s time India alsoraised the slogan of democratic socialism. Wedid not succeed in this because today thedemocracy and the socialism that we had beentrying for are basically resting on a Westernfoundation and are therefore incomplete.

These two thoughtsexpress differentaspects of life andthe truths related tothem. Theirsynthesis ispossible, but onlywhen our point ofview issynthesizing. Itwould not beproper to press ourentire life into theinstitutions andtraditions ofdemocracy asdeveloped in theWest, or into ther e a d y - m a d emoulds of socialismpropounded byMarx and practisedby Lenin, Stalin etc.The life of this

country is higherthan both theseideas. Instead offoisting Westernpolitics on India wewill have todevelop our ownp o l i t i c a lphilosophy. Whiledoing this we canbenefit from thethinking done in theWest. But we mustneither be over-whelmed by it normust we consider itthe eternal truth.DEMOCRACYAND POLITICALPARTIES

The definitionof Swaraj includesthree main things.The first is that theG o v e r n m e n tshould be in thehands of those whoare a part of the nation. The second specialpoint is that the Government should beconducted in the Interest of the nation, whichmeans its policies should be oriented towardsnational interest. And the third point is thatsuch a Government should have its ownstrength to achieve the good of the nation. Inother words it is wrong to even think ofSwaraj without self-reliance. Even when theGovernment is in the hands of the nationalsSwaraj would become meaningless if theGovernment comes under pressure orbecomes a follower of some other nation. Ifthe State is not self-reliant in respect ofdefence, free in respect of its policies and self-contained in respect of economic planning itcould be pressurized into working against theinterest of the nation. Such a dependent Stateleads to ruination.

(Excerpts from the book - “Pandit DeendayalUpadhyaya A Profile” edited by Sudhakar Raje.)

The definition ofSwaraj includes threemain things. The first

is that the Governmentshould be in the

hands of those whoare a part of the

nation. The secondspecial point is that

the Governmentshould be conductedin the Interest of thenation, which means

its policies should beoriented towards

national interest. Andthe third point is that

such a Governmentshould have its own

strength to achieve thegood of the nation.

A capitalist economyfirst acquires powerin the economic fieldand then enters thepolitical field, whilesocialismconcentrates powerover all means ofproduction in thehands of the State.Both these systemsare against thedemocratic rights ofthe individual andtheir properdevelopment. Hencealong withcentralization weshall have to think ofdivision of powers.


BJP National PresidentShri Amit Shah on 12December, 2015 inauguratedG o p i n a t h - G a d hcommemorating the birthanniversary of Late ShriGopinath Munde andaddressed a huge publicgathering on this occasion inBeed District, Maharashtra.Addressing the birthanniversary programme, hesaid that I came here to paymy tribute to Shri GopinathMunde on the behalf of croresof BJP workers.

Addressing the gathering,Shri Shah said, “The glory daysof BJP and its government inMaharashtra today are due tothe foundation oforganizational structure of theParty laid by Shri Gopinath Jiin his short span of life andthe way he worked to ensurethe party’s spread among thepoor and downtrodden.

“He said that theachievement, Shri Gopinathjigot as Deputy Chief Ministerand Home Minister ofMaharashtra is incomparable.Shri Shah said that as HomeMinister of Maharashtra, hewashed out the infamies ofnotoriety of the state of beingcriminal elements dominatingstates. He said, when BJPcame into power in the Centrein the leadership of ShriNarendra Modi Ji, ShriGopinath Mundeji was

BJP President inaugurates Gopinath-Gadh in Beed, Maharashtra

BJP govt will continue to work for the sustained welfare ofoppressed, poor, backwards, Dalits and farmers : Amit Shah

assigned the ruraldevelopment portfolio touplift the life of the poor, thelabourers, Dalits, the farmersand backwards due to hisefficiency to serve them.

The BJP National Presidentsaid, every worker of the Partyis committed to fulfill thedreams and ideas of Shri

Gopinath Mundeji by realizinghis principles and moving onthe path shown by him.

He said that I pay againmy courteous tribute to ShriGopinath Ji and reassure peoplethat our government willcontinue to work for thesustained welfare foroppressed, the poor,backwards, Dalits and farmers.

Speaking on the occasion,Maharashtra CM Shri Fadnavissaid his government haslaunched an accident insurancescheme named after Shri

Munde, who died in a car crashin Delhi in June last year. “ShriMunde must be happy upthere, knowing that hisdaughters are carryingforward his legacy,” ShriFadnavis said. A national ruraldevelopment institute is alsobeing set up in the late leader’smemory, Shri Fadnavis said.

Noteworthy, the seniorBJP leader was holding theportfolio of RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiRaj in the Narendra ModiCabinet when he died.

Shri Gopinath Munde’sdaughter Smt. Pankaja on theoccasion said her father rosefrom being a sugarcanecutter’s son to become theDeputy Chief Minister of theState (in Shiv Sena-BJP ledGovernment in 1995-99) andhis contribution for thedevelopment is immense.

SHRADHANJALI : Gopinath Munde


JP’s Total Revolution didnot yield the desired.results. In spite of his

failing health, JP toured theentire country, patientlyexplaining his concept. It gaverise to a countrywide massmovement, which raised highhopes and expectations.Naturally, it shook the powersthat be and to sustainthemselves, they tookrecourse to the imposition ofEmergency. This led thecountry in an entirelyunexpected direction. Withthe installation of the JanataGovernment at the Centreand many States, and thedecline in JP’s health, themovement of TotalRevolution came to a halt.More tragic developmentsfollowed; the JanataGovernment instead offunctioning as an instrumentfor the desiredtransformation, turned out tobe a battling ground forpower seekers. Hopes weretotally belied.

Has JP’s vision of TotalRevolution, then, totallyfailed? Or, has it anything tooffer to the nation for thefuture?

Given properunderstanding and goodwill,JP’s concept of TotalRevolution and PanditDeendayalji’s philosophy ofIntegral Humanism cansupplement each other. To thesuperficial eye, the two areirreconcilable and

contradictory, but this is moreapparent than real. The word‘Total Revolution’, wouldappear to justify the use ofviolence and also demand acomplete rupture with thepast — with all its values andideals. But this is not true. JPnever conceived the use ofviolence; in fact he was atconsiderable pains to explainthat “it has to be peacefullybrought about withoutimpairing the democraticstructure of society andaffecting the democratic wayof life of the people.” JP didnot imply by the word. `TotalRevolution’, destruction ofthe fundamental values of oursocial structure. What hemeant was the all-roundtransformation of the society,in every sphere of life, but itdid not amount to a breakwith the past and a fresh start.Unlike the communists, JPwas a believer in the moraland spiritual values cherishedby India. He wanted thesuper structure to betransformed by eradicating allthe evils that have croppedup from time to time butnever advocated the abolitionof our cultural values. It is

Legacy of JP— P. Parameswaran

Lok Nayak Jay Prakash Narayan is considered a towering figure in Indian political his-tory who has inspired generations through his political commitment and steely resolve in bring-ing an end to the emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi on the country. He is remembered as afearless freedom fighter, torch bearer of socialism and a Gandhian to the core. We are repro-ducing the final part of the article attempting to understand his political journey and his legacyfrom renowned journal Manthan published in December 1979 for our esteemed readers:

He wanted the superstructure to betransformed by eradicatingall the evils that havecropped up from time totime but never advocatedthe abolition of ourcultural values. It is truethat JP did not speak withhis accent on culture, asDeendayalji did, but hewas so utterly Gandhianthat he cannot do withoutmoral, ethical and spiritualvalues. Integral Humanismis essentially a restatementof the eternal Bharatiyavalues to suit the modernrequirements. But it isuntrue if any one suggeststhat its stress is solely onthe cultural content.


true that JP did not speakwith his accent on culture, asDeendayalji did, but he wasso utterly Gandhian that hecannot do without moral,ethical and spiritual values.Integral Humanism isessentially a restatement ofthe eternal Bharatiya valuesto suit the modernrequirements. But it is untrueif any one suggests that itsstress is solely on the culturalcontent. Consistent with our

cultural values it too stressesthe need to build up a socialstructure just, modern andwell-integrated. Herein liesthe complementary role ofTotal Revolution and IntegralHumanism.

JP tried to impart a senseof urgency to the question ofallround transformation.Integral Hu manisM will gainby incorporating this sense ofurgency. The crying maladiesof the society call for urgentremedies. Deendayalji was anadvocate of change, and. nota traditionalist. Status quoismwas against his grain. He hadun-equivocally stated; “weshall remove those traditionswhich obstruct this process(of national unity anddevelopment). If today thesociety is gripped with evils

like un-touchability, whichlead men to treat other humanbeings as lower thanthemselves, we shall have toend such evils.” imbued withthe sense of urgency which JPtried to impart, IntegralHumanism will be a mosteffective philosophy to guidethe much needed socialtransformation.

In the matter of theconcept of Man as an integralbeing, consisting, broadly

speaking, of material andspiritual dimensions, both JPand Deendayalji are at one.Of course, Deendayaljielaborated the concept andplaced it on a soundphilosophical footing inaccordance with the Vedanticthought. Their concept of themutuality of interest andharmony of relationshipbetween the individual andthe society, wasunexceptionally identical. JP’sstatement “willing submissionto social restraint for the sakeof the well-being of the wholesociety, enriches both theindividual and the society ofwhich one is a member,”sounds almost like an echo ofwhat Deendayalji had statedearlier, “we do not accept theview that there is any

permanent inevitable conflictamong the multi-dimensionalpersonality of an individualand different institutions ofthe society.”

A valid question may herebe raised whetherDeendayalji would haveapproved of JP’s method ofmass struggle as a means ofbringing about social change.While it is wellknown thatDeendayalji was all forpeople’s agitations to remedyspecific grievances, and hehimself led many suchagitations, it may be doubtedwhether he would haveapproved of a countrywidemass struggle for an allroundtransformation of the society.Mass agitations like ‘mischief’when afoot have a way ofgetting out of control and‘taking what course thou wilt’rather than the desired one.Left to himself, he wouldhave been more cautious andwould have preferred a massmovement well manageableunder the firm guidance ofwell-organised anddisciplined activists, but thatdoes not mean he would havewaited indefinitely. It isalmost certain that had hebeen alive, he would havejoined hands with JP andstrengthened the movementhe launched.

Whatever it is, theunfulfilled. missions of JP andDeendayalji would be betterserved by their respectivevotaries coming nearer,understanding each otherbetter and playing a trulycomplementary role.

A valid question may here be raised whether Deendayalji wouldhave approved of JP’s method of mass struggle as a means ofbringing about social change. While it is wellknown thatDeendayalji was all for people’s agitations to remedy specificgrievances, and he himself led many such agitations, it may bedoubted whether he would have approved of a countrywidemass struggle for an allround transformation of the society.


Japan's Prime MinisterShinzo Abe three-day –visit from December 11 to

13 to India culminated intofruitful outcomes. Bothleaders pledged for specialstrategic and globalpartnership working togetherfor peace and prosperity ofthe Indo-Pacific region andthe world. Some importantoutcomes of the bilateral meetare as follow:• India and Japan will work

to strengthen regionaleconomic and securityforums and coordinatetheir actions to tackleglobal challengesincluding the reform of theUnited Nations, climatechange as well asterrorism.

• With the view to realisethe objectives of India andJapan Vision 2025, the twoleaders decided todevelop a comprehensiveand concrete medium andlong-term action plan.

• The two Prime Ministerswelcomed the conclusionof the agreementconcerning the transfer ofthe Defence Equipmentand Technology and theagreement concerningSecurity Measures for theProtection of ClassifiedMilitary Information,which further strengthens

the foundation of deepstrategic ties.

• The two Prime Ministerswelcomed Japan’sparticipation in the India-US Malabar Exercises ona regular basis, as itwould help createstronger capabilities todeal with maritimechallenges in the Indo-Pacific region, includingthrough enhanceddisaster response andmitigation capacity.

• They reaffirmed theirdesire to further developdialogue and exchangesbetween the twocountries in the securityand defence fields,including through the fullutilisation of ‘2+2Dialogue’, Defence PolicyDialogue, Military-to-Military Talks and CoastGuard to Coast Guardcooperation. The twoPrime Ministersappreciated the decisionto begin Air Force-to-AirForce staff Talks.

• Seeking the synergybetween India’s “ActEast” policy and Japan’s“Partnership for QualityInfrastructure”, the twoPrime Ministers decidedto develop and strengthenreliable, sustainable andresilient infrastructures

that augment connectivitywithin India and betweenIndia and other countriesin the region.

• The two Prime Ministersnoted that India’srailways modernisationand expansion plans openup commercialopportunities for Japanesecompanies in high speedrail, station re-development and rollingstock manufacturing.They welcomed thesigning of memoranda ontechnological cooperation,and R&D collaboration inthe railways sector.

• The two Prime Ministerswelcomed the signing ofthe Memorandum ofCooperation onintroduction of Japan’sHigh Speed Railways(HSR) technologies (theShinkansen system) toM u m b a i - A h m e d a b a droute. Prime MinisterModi appreciated Japan’sconsideration ofproviding highlyconcessional yen loan forthe HSR on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.

• The two Prime Ministersstressed the need forfurther actions forinvesting in the future.Prime Minister Abecommended Prime

India and Japan pledge for specialstrategic and global partnership

Japan PM's visit

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Minister Modi’s stronginitiatives such as “Makein India,” “Digital India,”“Skill India,” “CleanIndia” and “Smart City”.

• The two Prime Ministerswelcomed the steadyprogress to realise 3.5trillion yen of public andprivate financing to Indiain five years under the

“Japan-India InvestmentPromotion Partnership”announced during the lastannual summit meeting.

• They also welcomed theprogress in the flagshipprojects such as theWestern DedicatedFreight Corridor (DFC),and reaffirmed thedetermination to expeditethe Delhi-MumbaiIndustrial Corridor(DMIC) projects.

• Prime Minister Modiwelcomed the JapaneseODA loans of about 100billion yen for the metro

projects both in Chennaiand Ahmedabad.

• Prime Minister Abeexpressed Japan’sintention to provide ODAloans for the improvementof road networkconnectivity innortheastern states ofIndia, the peripheral ringroad surrounding

Bengaluru, and thehorticulture irrigation inJharkhand.

• The two Prime Ministersreaffirmed the intention todevelop “Japan IndustrialTownships (JITs),” withinvestment incentive forcompanies that would notbe lower than under theprevailing policyframework such as SpecialEconomic Zone (SEZ), andNational Investment andManufacturing Zone(NIMZ).

• In view of criticalimportance of the sea

India and Japan sign MoU oncooperation and assistance in the

Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed TrainIndia and Japan have signed an MoU on 12th December,

2015 on cooperation and assistance in the Mumbai –Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project (referred by many asBullet Train project). Japan has offered an assistance of overRs.79,000 crore for the project. The loan is for a period of 50years with a moratorium of 15 years, at an interest rate of 0.1per cent. The project is a 508 Kilometer railway line costinga total of Rs. 97,636 crore, to be implemented in a period ofseven years. It has been agreed that Shinkansen Technologywill be adopted for the project. The cooperation of Japan willbe fixed on transfer of technology and “Make in India”.Japan will assist India in training of personnel for HSR.

lanes of communicationsin the South China Sea forregional energy securityand trade and commercewhich underpinscontinued peace andprosperity of the Indo-Pacific, the two PrimeMinisters noting thedevelopments in theSouth China Sea calledupon all States to avoidunilateral actions thatcould lead to tensions inthe region. They were ofthe view that full andeffective implementationof the 2002 Declaration onthe Conduct of Parties inthe South China Sea andearly conclusion of thenegotiations to establisha Code of Conduct in theSouth China Sea byconsensus will contributeto peace and stability ofthe region.

• The two Prime Ministersreaffirmed their intentionto work together for theearly realization of U.N.reforms, particularly theSecurity Council reform,to better reflect therealities of theinternational communityin the 21st century.

• Recognising India as thelargest democracy and afast growing largeeconomy in the Asia-Pacific region, theJapanese side conveyed itssupport to India’smembership of the APECas a positive contributionto the economicintegration in the region.


The Kala Utsav 2015 heldin the National BalBhawan in New Delhi

from December 8 to 10 turnedout to be a national assemblyof art and culturerepresenting school childrenfrom every corner of thecountry. It was a display of arainbow of the unity of Indiain all its bright colours of art

and culture by over 1500students drawn from all the36 States and UnionTerritories of the country. Abrainchild of the UnionHuman ResourceDevelopment Minister Mrs.Smriti Zubin Irani, Kala Utsavreceived the patronage andunstinted support of thePrime Minister NarendraModi when he inauguratedthe Kala Utsav website onSeptember 4. He then gavethe “Beti Bachao, BetiPadhao” theme to the Utsav.

Consequently, anoverwhelming majority of theitems presented in the Utsavhovered around this theme.The four-day programmeconcluded with a tumultuousfinale on December 11 in SiriFort Auditorium when theresults of the competitionwere announced and prizesawarded. A galaxy of eminent

dignitaries in their respectivefields acted as judges for thekeenly contested competitionsin various fields.

The teams to represent aState at the national levelwere shortlisted/selectedthrough a prolonged contestwithin the State among schoolchildren on evaluation of e-projects submitted by theStates to the Centre. Theemphasis was on reviving theage-old arts on the verge ofextinction and oblivion.

Another striking feature

was that the girls and boysand, more so, the specially-abled students were providedwith an opportunity to takepart and compete with theirabled fellows on a platformof equality.

A Bihar girl was thesmallest child with a heightof just 2.5 feet taking part indrama competition. Her

performance was sosuperbly lifelike that sheleft everybody in thetheatre in tears.

A girl with 80 percentdisability was in theChandigarh contingentwhich took part in atheatrical competition.

The presentations wereso ecstatic that the audiencetapped to the rhythm ofdances, swayed with therendition of native music,

exhilarated with theirtheatrical performances andexuberated with the imageryin their paintings.

While inaugurating theKala Utsav 2015 Mrs. Iranicalled upon the students toparticipate with the spirit ofcompetition but go back totheir homes with the spirit ofcooperation and coexistence.You must avail yourself of thisunique opportunity to interactwith your fellow participantsfrom other States, exchangeyour notes and experiences.

A Special Report

KALA UTSAV 2015 : An effervescence of latenttalents of school students

By Amba Charan Vashishth


Mrs. Irani also interactedwith the students to find thatevery State of the country waswell represented in the Utsav.She particularly applauded theTamil Nadu team which couldstill make it to the nationalcapital despite thedevastating floods that hadravaged the State these days.

The Minister expressedher happiness that thestudents were experiencing no

hurdle in communicating withtheir friends from other Statesdespite their mother tonguebeing different.

The Minister looked asexcited in mingling with thestudents as were theparticipants. She got herselfphotographed with thecontestants from every Stateand Union Territory withstudents and their wardstaking selfies with her.

The Utsav was inconformity importance of artsand crafts in our society andcultural traditions.“Literature, music and thearts,” said Poet LaureateRabindranath Tagore, “all arenecessary for thedevelopment and floweringof a student to form anintegrated total personality”.

Noble prize winner scientistDr. C. V. Raman went a stepfurther. He felt that “Scienceis the most creative form ofArt”.

The participatingstudents, divided in groups,also had the honour to call onthe President of India, ShriPranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Shri MohammadHamid Ansari, and SpeakerLok Sabha, Shrimati Sumitra

Mahajan.The Utsav provided a rare

opportunity for nationalintegration to the youngstudents in the formativestage of their life surpassingthe barriers of language, casteand region.

The three-day competitionfrom December 8 to 10culminated in a finale onDecember 11 at the Siri FortAuditorium with the awardof prizes in the augustpresence of the NobelLaureate Kailash Satyarthi,Padma Vibhshan decoratedwriter Ruskin Bond andfamous danseuse PadmashriSonal Manshingh.

In her valedictory speechSmt. Smriti Irani thanked thePrime Minister for the moralsupport extended to make the

Kala Utsav a grand success.She said the Prime Ministerhad dedicated ‘Kala Utsav’ tothe nation for promotingnational integration andpreserving our culturalheritage by associating thestudents of country with KalaUtsav to realise the vision of‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’.

She said Kala Utsav wasthe pride of our nation andhad provided an opportunityto the students from all overthe country to come togetherto celebrate the journey ofour rich heritage, ourcivilization. She was confidentthat India can gain supremacyin the field of culture as ithad done in science andtechnology.

Mrs. Irani both announcedthe verdict of the judges ineach category for ‘Kala Utsav-2015’ – Visual arts, Music,Theatre and dance . She alsoawarded the national prizes.

Each student who tookpart in the programmes wasissued a certificate ofparticipation.

The excellent performanceput in by participants in theirrespective fields in this noveland innovative programme ofKala Utsav-2015 has elevatedit to the level of a nationalprogramme of children. Asannounced by thegovernment, it is most likelyto be an annual affair. In thecourse of time, no wonder, ifit evolves itself into aRashtriya Bal Kala Utsav onannual basis like othernational awards in otherfields.

The three-day competition from December 8 to 10culminated in a finale on December 11 at the SiriFort Auditorium with the award of prizes in theaugust presence of the Nobel Laureate KailashSatyarthi, Padma Vibhshan decorated writer RuskinBond and famous danseuse Padmashri SonalManshingh.


The Congress Party, forthe past few days, hasdisrupted both houses of

Parliament. Its Goebbelsian pro-paganda is that the party’s lead-ership is a victim of political ven-detta. What then are the facts?

A company was created forthe purpose of starting a news-paper ‘National Herald’. Thecompany got allocation of primeland in several parts of the coun-try. The land was meant to beused for the newspaper business.Today, there is no newspaper.There is only land and built upstructures which are being com-mercially exploited.

A political party is entitledto collect funds for its politicalactivities. For that purpose, it getsan exemption from payment ofincome tax. Rupees ninety croresfrom amongst the funds collectedby the Congress Party are givento the newspaper company.Prima facie, it can be said thatthere a breach of the provisionsof the Income Tax Act in as muchas an exempted income is usedfor a non-exempt purpose.

The rupees ninety crore debtis then assigned to a Section 25company for a paltry amount ofrupees 50 lakhs. Tax exemptedmoney effectively gets transferredto a real estate company. The realestate company now acquires 99%of the share-holding of the formernewspaper company. Effectively,the Section 25 company substan-tially controlled by the leaders ofthe Congress Party now owns allthe properties acquired for anewspaper publication, and forvirtually no consideration, the

Section 25 company owns all theassets. This profit will becomehuge taxable income in its hands.

Since 2012, as a private citi-zen, Dr. Subramaniam Swamy,alleges a breach of trust. It is theduty of every citizen to report anoffence when it comes to his no-tice. Any citizen can set the pro-cess of criminal law into motion.A Trial Court issues summons onDr. Swamy’s complaint. The ac-cused leaders of the CongressParty move the Delhi High Courtfor quashing, which grants theman interim protection. Eventually,the Delhi High Court dismissesthe petition of the accused. Theaccused now have two alterna-tives. They can either challengethe order in the Supreme Courtor appear before the trial courtand contest the case on merits.

The facts are clear. By a se-ries of financial transactions, theleaders of the Congress Party cre-ated ‘Chakravyuh’ for them-selves. They have to find theirown exit route out of the‘Chakravyuh’. They have ac-quired properties worth a hugeamount without spending any-

thing. They have used tax ex-empted income for a non-ex-empted purpose. They havetransferred the income of a politi-cal party to a real estate com-pany. They have created hugetaxable income in favour of thereal estate company. The Govern-ment, so far, has not taken anypunitive action. The EnforcementDirectorate has not issued anynotice to them. The Income Taxauthorities will follow their ownprocedure. The Criminal Court,meanwhile, has taken cogni-zance of the offence. The HighCourt has agreed with the TrialCourt. The battle has to be foughtlegally. But the results of legalbattles are always uncertain. TheCongress is, therefore, crying fouland calling it political vendetta.Is that a charge against theCourts? The Government haspassed no order in relation to thedisputed transactions. There isequality before the law. No one isabove the law. India has neveraccepted the dictat that the queenis not answerable to the law. Whyshould the Congress Party andits leaders not contest the noticebefore the Court? The Governmentcannot help them in the matter,nor can the Parliament. Why thendisturb the Parliament and pre-vent the legislative activity fromcontinuing? The answer to theCongress Party’s leadership land-ing up in a ‘Chakravyuh’ is tofight their battle legally and notdisrupt Parliament. By disruptingdemocracy the financial web cre-ated by the Congress leaders can-not be undone.

(The writer is Union Minister ofFinance and I&B)

Why the Congress is wrongBy Arun Jaitley

India has never accepted thedictat that the queen is notanswerable to the law. Whyshould the Congress Party andits leaders not contest thenotice before the Court? TheGovernment cannot help themin the matter, nor can theParliament. Why then disturbthe Parliament and prevent thelegislative activity fromcontinuing?


The Government of Indiahas requested theStates/UTs to start

“Operation Smile-II” from 1stJanuary, 2016 to 31st January,2016 to be rolled outthroughout the country as afollow up of the earliercampaign to rescue/rehabilitate the missingchildren. In this regard, theUnion Home Secretary, ShriRajiv Mehrishi has written aletter to the Chief Secretariesof all states and UnionTerritories for whole heartedparticipation in ‘OperationSmile-II’ in their respectiveState/UT.

Earlier all States/UTswere advised to take up a onemonth campaign titled‘Operation Smile’ in themonth of January, 2015 torescue/rehabilitate themissing children. Similarly,another dedicated campaigntitled ‘Operation Muskaan’was launched in the month ofJuly, 2015 throughout thecountry.

The States have so farreported that 9146 childrenunder Operation ‘Smile’ and19742 children underOperation “Muskaan” wererescued/rehabilitated. Alarge number of missingchildren have been reunitedwith their families which is aremarkable achievementmade by the field offices. Inorder to motivate the

policemen to take up suchcauses with sincerity andempathy, 44 Police Officersfrom different States/UTswho had played acommendable role duringOperation “Smile” in January2015 were recognized andrewarded by the Union HomeMinister Shri Rajnath Singhduring the NationalConference on Anti HumanTrafficking held in New Delhion 7th October, 2015.

Various activities arebeing undertaken withrespect to the rolling out of“Operation Smile-II”. Duringthis operation, all childrenresiding in shelter homes,platforms, bus stands, roads,religious places, etc. are to bescreened by trained policepersonnel. Before 1st January,2016, the Police Personnelfrom each state are to beproperly trained inmethodology to extractinformation from suchchildren tactfully withouttheir getting intimidated, aswell as in various provisionsof Protection of Children fromSexual Offences (POCSO) Act,Juvenile Justice (Care andProtection of Children) JJ Act,Protection of Child Right Act,relevant sections of Cr.PC &IPC and Advisories issued byMHA etc. To know themagnitude of the problem,data with full details ofnumber of cases of missing

children will be maintainedand shared at intra-State andInter-state level. Informationabout Child WelfareCommittees (CWCs) wouldbe prepared and sharedamong all rescue teams andstakeholders.

During the operation, theparticulars of such identifiedchildren will be uploaded onthe ‘Missing child’ portal ofthe Ministry of Women andChild Development by therespective State Police.Rehabilitation measureswhenever needed are to betaken up in coordination withthe other line Departments likeDepartment of Women & ChildDevelopment, Police, Labour,etc so that scope of re-victimization is eliminated. Ithas also been emphasized thatpublic awareness should beincreased by way of nationalcampaign, advertisement onnational media, etc.

The States/UTs have beenadvised to extend all possiblecooperation during inter-staterescue operations, to ensureproper provision ofavailability of food, clothes,medical-aid, professionaltranslators, psychiatrists andshelter homes forrehabilitation/reintegrationwell before the rescueoperation and to ensure thatsuch operations are conductedin strict compliance of theexisting legal provisions.

“Operation Smile-II” is to rescue & rehabilitatemissing children


At a time when India ismaking rapideconomic strides and

regaining its rightful place inthe comity of nations after adecade of decadence, thepolitical detractors of the BJP-led NDA, unable tocountenance the growingappreciation of its policies andprogrammes, have launcheda campaign to defame anddiscredit the government.This increasing intolerancetowards a government thatassumed power with amajority mandate stems fromthe insecurity complex of ashrinking Congress andconfused Left. In the process,they are trying to obfuscatethe truth, rake up divisive andextraneous issues, whip up anatmosphere of fear, and derailthe development agenda.

Even as world powers areacknowledging India’sresurgence under theleadership of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, the BJP’spolitical opponents are tryingto hijack the national politicaldiscourse, when the need ofthe hour is to have an all-round consensus on importantissues. But why are thepolitical opponents at homegetting into a frenzy overnon-issues? Is it because theywill become politically lessrelevant with the passage oftime, as the government istrying to fulfil the objectives

enshrined in the Constitution.Had these parties beenserious about India’sprogress, debates inParliament and outside wouldhave been more constructiveand meaningful.

Let us pause and look atthe significance of a specialsitting of Parliament tocelebrate the Constitution and

commemorate the 125th birthanniversary of B.R.Ambedkar. The idea was torevisit Constituent Assemblydebates, historic speechesmade by great sons of thecountry, and peep into theirvision for India. But I wasdisappointed that during thedebate, we tried to scorebrownie points over eachother instead of pondering onthe challenges facing thecountry.

The time has come toassess the extent to which theaspirations and expectationsof the people have beenfulfilled, while looking at the

challenges before us.Babasaheb was a toweringnational leader, with greatqualities of heart and head.He looked at the inequities inHindu society as civilisationallacunae, and dedicated his lifeto eradicating them.Ambedkar was a great socialwarrior. He carved a nichefor himself on the basis of his

brilliant capabilities andintellect, and braved the oddsand insults of the time. Yetthere was no hatred oranimosity in his politicalthinking. His fight was againstthe dichotomies,contradictions and evils ofsociety, and not againstHindu society and civilisationitself. For Ambedkar,nationalism was not the meretransfer of power from theBritish, but meant thereconstruction of the nation.His core project was nation-building. India owes to himthe position it has attainedtoday. For instance, it was

The limits of negativismBy M Venkaiah Naidu

Even as world powers are acknowledging India’s resurgenceunder the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, theBJP’s political opponents are trying to hijack the nationalpolitical discourse, when the need of the hour is to have anall-round consensus on important issues. But why are thepolitical opponents at home getting into a frenzy over non-issues? Is it because they will become politically lessrelevant with the passage of time, as the government istrying to fulfil the objectives enshrined in the Constitution.


Ambedkar who initiallyenvisioned fiscal federalism inthe constitutional scheme. Thedivision of revenue betweenthe Centre and states wascategorically dealt with in hiscomprehensive work on thefinancial autonomy of theprovinces.

While favouring a federalform of government with anindependent judiciary,Ambedkar believed inuniformity in fundamentallaws, civil and criminal. Heresigned from the Union

cabinet when he realised thatthe Hindu Code Bill wouldnot be passed. He was alsonot in favour of judgesselecting judges and had saidthat “to allow the chief justicepractically a veto upon theappointment of judges isreally to transfer the authorityto the chief justice which weare not prepared to vest inthe president or thegovernment of the day.”

Ambedkar’s fundamentalconcern was to liberateuntouchables, the depressedclasses, vulnerable womenand minorities from theclutches of social oppression.

While the provision ofpositive discrimination forSCs, STs, OBCs and womenin the Constitution has led toa reservation policy ineducation and employment,which has no doubt had apositive impact on their socio-economic condition, the gapbetween them and the rest ofsociety persists. WhileAmbedkar’s message, workand life are a guide for thoseat the helm, they also hold upa mirror to us, pointing outthe distance still to be

travelled to achieve thedreams of the foundingfathers.

Even after 68 years ofIndependence, our country isgrappling with evils likeilliteracy (26 per cent), poverty(22 per cent), female foeticide,dowry, untouchability,atrocities on women, casteand communal politics,money power in politics,growing opportunism anddefections, regional andeconomic disparities, theclamour for special status forstates and the inclusion ofmore castes into the SC, STand OBC categories.

It is sad that instead ofstrengthening democraticinstitutions, earlier regimesweakened them and tried tomake them subservient toachieve political objectives.On the other hand, Modi,with his typical missionaryzeal, is seeking to transformthe country by improving thelot of every section — sabkasaath, sabka vikas —especially the socially andeconomically vulnerable.

The time has come forthose manufacturing dissentand indulging in adisinformation campaign torealise that such tactics won’tpay, and might boomerangsooner than later. The bestexample of this was the recentincident in Bangalore, whenstudents overwhelminglyexpressed support for SwachhBharat and Make in India,stumping the Congressleader.

People have becomepolitically aware andconscious of their rights. Theyabhor the wilful disruption ofParliament on flimsy pretexts.Is it so difficult to respect theoverwhelming mandate of thepeople? The biggest irony isthat people who subvertedand sabotaged democracy,crippled fundamental rights,imposed censorship, put lakhsof people, opposition leadersand workers behind bars,amended the Constitution tosuit individual whims andfancies, and supersededjudges to create a pliant,committed judiciary, are nowpreaching sermons.

People have become politically aware and conscious oftheir rights. They abhor the wilful disruption of Parliamenton flimsy pretexts. Is it so difficult to respect theoverwhelming mandate of the people? The biggest ironyis that people who subverted and sabotaged democracy,crippled fundamental rights, imposed censorship, putlakhs of people, opposition leaders and workers behindbars, amended the Constitution to suit individual whimsand fancies, and superseded judges to create a pliant,committed judiciary, are now preaching sermons.


On the Congress’s charge that the NDAwas not recognising the contributions offormer Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Iwould like to set the record straight anddeclare in unambiguous terms that we respectNehruji and never intended to ignore hiscontributions. At the same time, I would liketo know from Congress leaders why theirgovernments did not accord due respect andrecognition to the monumental contributionsmade by great men like Ambedkar, SubhasChandra Bose, Rajendra Prasad and SardarPatel. Saddened by the neglect of suchstalwarts, we are now correcting historicalwrongs and giving due recognition to them.Yet the Congress seems to be terribly upsetby this and grudged the Ambedkarcelebrations. No party or family canappropriate the country’s freedom movement.It was a people’s movement, an unprecedentedstruggle of the masses. The Congress is simplyunable to digest this fact.

Is it asking for too much from theopposition parties to support well-meaning,development-oriented schemes in the interestsof the people? People are in no mood to acceptnegativism or the politics of confrontation.They want collaborative politics that will maketheir lives better and their futures brighter.

The time has come for all people to strivetogether to ensure the enactment of a commoncivil code, stopping conversions throughfraudulent means, implementing sarvashiksha, empowering women and reservations,bridging the yawning urban-rural divide,reducing economic disparities, makingagriculture remunerative, stopping the playingof caste and religious politics, curbing thecriminalisation of politics, eradicatingcorruption, curbing fundamentalism, sheddingpseudo-secularism, curbing terror,disapproving of asking people on foreign soilto overthrow a democratically elected PMand petitioning authorities in the UN, US andUK on domestic issues.

(The writer is Union minister for urbandevelopment, housing and urban poverty

alleviation, and parliamentary affairs.)

New Beginning made by Indiaand Pakistan : Sushma Swaraj

Former Prime Minister Shri Atal BihariVajpayee used to say that we can changefriends but not neighbours. Modi

government also believes in this realist approachonce said by its predecessor.

India and Pakistan both have headed towardsto begin a comprehensive bilateral dialogue toaddress all outstanding issues through peacefulmeans.

After returning from her recent Pakistan -visitexternal affairs minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj said“A new beginning has been made by India andPakistan as the two countries have agreed on anew bilateral comprehensive dialogue to addressall outstanding issues through peaceful means.”

The ice melt between India and Pakistan whenIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a briefmeeting with his Pakistani counterpart NawazSharif at a climate change conference in Paris on1 December.

The meeting paved the way for furtherdialogue between the two countries. After a longtime first formal talks took place between thenational security advisers of India and Pakistanon December 6 in Bangkok before foreign ministerSmt. Sushma Swaraj travelled to Islamabad forthe Heart of Asia summit. After meeting of theNational Security Advisers (NSA) of the twocountries in Bangkok a statement was issuedthat they had talked about terrorism, Kashmir,peace and security.

This paved the way for Indian Foreign MinisterSushma Swaraj’s visit to Pakistan on December 9to attend a security conference on Afghanistan.

To a question in Rajya Sabha on whether Indiahas raised the issue of Pakistan Occupied Kashmirin international fora, Smt. Swaraj replied inaffirmative and said government’s principled andconsistent position on the issue of Jammu andKashmir has been that the entire state is an integralpart of India.

“A new beginning has been made in the formof the agreement of the two countries on a newbilateral comprehensive dialogue to address alloutstanding issues between them throughpeaceful means,” she said.


The year 2015 will bewritten in goldenletters in the annals of

history of coal sector in thecountry for the coal minesauction conducted in anefficient & transparent way.The success of coal blockauctions carried out by thenew government has provedthat its decision to conduct a“fair and transparent”bidding for coal mines hasbenefitted the country in abig way because India hasactually hit a gold mine withthe recently concludedauctions.

In order to laid downrobust & transparent systemafter the Supreme Courtorder, an Ordinance waspromulgated to legally enablethe Government to re-allocate204 coal mines cancelled bythe court and ensure smoothtransfer of right, title andinterests in the mine alongwith its land and otherassociated mininginfrastructure to the newallocatee to be selectedthrough an auction orallotment to Governmentcompanies, as the case maybe. The Parliament passedthe Coal Mines (SpecialProvisions) Bill 2015 on 20thMarch,2015 which replacedthe Ordinance. Under theprovisions of the Coal Mines(Special Provisions) Act ,2015,the Central Government hasso far successfully auctionedin three tranches 31 coal mines

and allotted 42 coal mines/Blocks to Central or StateGovernment Companies .

The auction of coal mineshas been universally hailed tobe a success, which has notonly ensured that there is nodisruption in the economy inthe wake of the order of theSupreme Court , but have alsoset new benchmark forefficiency and transparency.Itis estimated that Rs 3.44 lakhcrore of likely revenue toStates through coal mines e-auctions & allotments over 30years from just the threerounds of auction. The fourthround of auction of 8 coalmines ( Schedule III) for non-regulated sector has also beenannounced.

Out of 34 operating coalmines auctioned/ allotted,nine mines have started coalproduction and haveregistered over 5Mt outputand rest all expected to beginproduction in next 2/3months.

Coal India Ltd (CIL)production jumped 8.8 percent to 321.38 mt duringApril-November period ofcurrent fiscal while off-takesoared by 9.8 percent.

In a historic decision, inorder to meet therequirements of the industry,improve coal quality,promote efficiency as well assave the environment, CILwill supply 100% crushed coalto its customers from 1stApril, 2016. The Ministry has

decided to ensure supply ofquality fuel by supplyingcrushed coal from Ist Januarynext year. CIL has alsostarted the process of settingup 15 coal washeries to supplyclean coal Grade 10 and abovefrom October 2017.

Rationalisation of linkageshas been done so far for 19thermal coal plants resultingin annual saving of Rs 1423crore in freight cost.

Key highlights of CoalMines (Special Provisions)Act 2015 are as follows:• The new Act has

provisions for allocation ofcoal mines through atransparent biddingprocess i.e. E-auction.

• The E-auction of coal blockswill ensure the continuityin coal mining operationsand will promote optimumutilisation of coalresources.

• The new Act also facilitatesE-auction of coal blocks forprivate companies forcaptive use and allotsmines directly to state andcentral Public SectorUndertakings (PSUs).

• It has provisions thatpropose strong measuresfor rehabilitation andcompensation fordisplaced persons.

• It enables sale of coalspecially to small, mediumand cottage industrieswhich will increaseemployment & incomes inthese sectors.

Bill for robust & transparent system for coal mines auctioning passedPotential Revenue Generation of over Rs 3.44 Lakh Crore Estimated During Life

Time of Mines to the Coal Producing States


The Congress partycharacterises Modi as adictator and by

implication, presents Sonia asa democrat. Whether apopular leader is a dictator ora democrat is tested byconduct. An unpopulardictator is an oxymoron. Adictator may becomeunpopular but no unpopularperson can ever become adictator. How a leaderbehaves when in position ofpower — particularly whenhis or her position is underthreat — offers the mostreliable test. A popular IndiraGandhi was tested twice.Once in 1969 when her seniorcolleagues dissented herindividualistic style. She usedState power, backstabbed theparty and defeated the partynominee in the election for thePresident of India andcaptured the party with thehelp of the enemies of theparty by forging an ideologicalalliance with them. Thisdestroyed the democraticCongress party as the nationknew till then. She put theparty under her virtualdictatorship. She changed thevery paradigm of nationalpolitics from politics of ethicsand character to politics ofpower and success. Thisbrought out her dictatorialmind. The real dictator in hercame out when the AllahabadHigh Court unseated her from

Parliament and the SupremeCourt made her a PrimeMinister without voting rightsin Parliament. She struck at thenation, imposed Emergencyand, as Nani Palkhiwala said,defaced and defiled theConstitution, courts,Parliament, Opposition,media, and the people at largeand put the whole nationunder total dictatorship. It is40 years since and still now,

no one in the Congress orfrom the family of IndiraGandhi has sincerelyregretted the Emergency. Onthe contrary, Rajiv Gandhi,after he got four-fifthsmajority in the Lok Sabha in1984, even tried to justify theEmergency. And thatCongress party and SoniaGandhi, claiming to be theproud daughter-in-law ofIndira Gandhi, are trying tobrand Narendra Modi asdictatorial — by implication,claiming to be democratic. Isit not time then that onecompared the democratic

credentials of Sonia and Modi?Look at how the

‘dictatorial’ Narendra Modiconducted himself when, justthree years before he becamethe Prime Minister, he wasunder tremendous pressurefrom the Opposition, mediaand even the courts. SoniaGandhi and her party hadaccused him of being themerchant of death. The UPA,which had made the CBI its

Alsatian, used the agency totarget him in the Sohrabuddincase. The sordid story wasexposed by The New IndianExpress (see articles titled,Fixing Shah, by Fabrication,CBI Betrays Court, Bails OutCongress and InterrogatingThe Media — published inAugust 2010). The media wasapplauding every effort to fixand get rid of him. Yet, therewas no FIR against him. Nocomplaint had been filed inany court against him. Nocourt had issued himsummons. No court hadordered his examination by

'Democratic' Sonia Vs 'Dictatorial' ModiBy S Gurumurthy

A popular Indira Gandhi was tested twice. Once in 1969 whenher senior colleagues dissented her individualistic style. Sheused State power, backstabbed the party and defeated the partynominee in the election for the President of India and capturedthe party with the help of the enemies of the party by forging anideological alliance with them. This destroyed the democraticCongress party as the nation knew till then. She put the partyunder her virtual dictatorship. She changed the very paradigmof national politics from politics of ethics and character to politicsof power and success.


police. But the SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) onGujarat riots summoned himfor examination like policewould summon any one attheir discretion. He was aspopular in Gujarat as he isnow all over the country. Hewas a powerful andperforming Chief Minister ofGujarat. Also he was seen asthe rising national leaderwithin the BJP when the SIT

summoned him. But he did notuse his party to drum upsupport for him in theAssembly nor did his partystall Parliament. The GujaratAssembly functioned and sodid Parliament. He could havegathered a million people togive him a great ovation whenhe went to the SIT office to putpressure on the investigationand on the instigators of thecase against him. Herespected the summons anddrove to the SIT office in hiscar. He walked down the laneleading to the SIT alone. Hewas grilled by the SIT for overeight hours. He answeredtheir questions. Satisfied with

his answers, the SIT finallyexonerated him. But hisadversaries would not leavehim. They charged the SITwith favouring him. Finally,the Supreme Court had toexonerate him twice — once,when the UPA was in powerand next time, a few monthsago. This is ‘dictatorial’Modi’s behaviour.

Now compare how the‘democratic’ Sonia behaved

after the National Herald casecaught up with her, her sonand her family loyalists. Hereis the National Herald case inbrief. In November 2012, DrSubramanian Swamy exposedhow Sonia Gandhi and RahulGandhi have grabbedproperties of National Heraldworth thousands of croresthrough a convoluted criminalstrategy. After that, thisnewspaper carried a detailedarticle, National HeraldAffair: It’s Fraud All The Way(TNIE, November 8, 2012),explaining the fraud. InJanuary 2013, Dr Swamy fileda criminal complaint againstSonia, her son and family

loyalists, including MotilalVohra, the Congress partytreasurer, charging them withconspiracy, fraud, cheating,and criminal breach of trust torob the shareholders and thepublic of thousands of crores.All this happened when theUPA was in power. RahulGandhi threatened to file adefamation suit against DrSwamy. Swamy challengedhim but Rahul ran away. InJune 2014, a Delhi criminalcourt took cognisance of theoffence and issued summons.Forthwith, Sonia Gandhi andother five accused, includingRahul, filed petitions in theDelhi High Court to quash thecriminal proceedings. Theykept delaying the hearing tillthey thought they got thejudge they felt comfortablewith. One judge recusedhimself and so did the next.The matter went to the thirdjudge, who Sonia and her co-accused did not like, and hetoo recused himself. All theaccused petitioned to have thematter heard by the secondjudge who had recusedhimself earlier. The case wasposted before the very judge,who Sonia and her co-accusedfelt comfortable with. It is thatvery same judge, who decidedon December 7, 2015 that thelower court has rightlyordered their trial andsummoned them, and askedthem to appear before themetropolitan magistrate. Still,hell broke loose. The verynext day the Congresspresident was seen instigatingher MPs to stall Parliament.

He was as popular in Gujarat as he is now all over the country.He was a powerful and performing Chief Minister of Gujarat. Alsohe was seen as the rising national leader within the BJP when theSIT summoned him. But he did not use his party to drum upsupport for him in the Assembly nor did his party stall Parliament.The Gujarat Assembly functioned and so did Parliament. He couldhave gathered a million people to give him a great ovation whenhe went to the SIT office to put pressure on the investigation andon the instigators of the case against him. He respected thesummons and drove to the SIT office in his car. He walked downthe lane leading to the SIT alone. He was grilled by the SIT for overeight hours. He answered their questions. Satisfied with hisanswers, the SIT finally exonerated him.


When the Speaker asked themwhy were they disturbing theHouse, they shouted they sawin the National Herald case“political vendetta” and“democracy in danger”. Whenthe Speaker asked them tospell out what they want andoffered to allow them to raisethe issue and speak in theHouse, they ran away fromspeaking in the House.Obviously, they only hadinstructions to stall the House.The same theatrics wererepeated in the Rajya Sabha.Not that they did not talk inthe House. They couldn’t.Why?

It needs no seer to say thatthe prosecution on theNational Herald fraud was anact of the judiciary and theModi government had hadnothing to do with it. Therewas no CBI or Income Tax orthe Enforcement Directoratein the picture which could linkthe prosecution to thegovernment. It was theprivate complaint of DrSubramanian Swamy onwhich the magistrate held thatSonia, Rahul and the fourfamily loyalists had created atrust company fully controlledby them as a cloak or sham ofa special purpose vehicle toconvert public money and toacquire control overthousands of crores of assetsof National Herald. The courtheld that the accused acted asa consortium to achieve thenefarious purpose and askedthem to face trial. This was theprima facie assessment of thecourt under the law. The

government had no role inthis process at all. It wasbetween Sonia Gandhi and herco-conspirators on the onehand and Dr SubramanianSwamy on the other, with thecourt playing the neutral andjudicial role. This order waspassed in June 2014. Did Soniaor Rahul or any of the accusedor the Congress party evenhint that the magistrate hadacted outside the law? StopParliament? In contrast, theyall went to the Delhi HighCourt to quash the order andsummons of the magistrate.The judge, whom they werecomfortable with, decided onDecember 7 that they betterface the criminal case as themagistrate had rightlydecided.

The very next day, the‘democratic Sonia’ orderedher party to stall Parliament.Even as she was overseeing

the closure of Parliament forthe day on December 8 andher son was on a flying visitto Tamil Nadu to offer reliefto the flood-affected people,their lawyers were standingbefore the magistrate andpleading that Sonia, Rahul andthe other accused were “keento appear before the court”.Where is vendetta then,Madam Sonia? The court hasgranted them 10 days anddirected them to appear onDecember 19. It remains to beseen whether the ‘democratic’Sonia and Rahul will walkalone and appear before thecourt like Modi did before thepolice or gather a huge crowdfor theatrics and disturb thecourt like the Gandhisdisturbed the ShahCommission.

A caveat: Obviouslystressed by the court notice oncharges of swallowingthousands of crores ofproperties of National Heraldby using the Congress party,Sonia Gandhi said, “Whyshould I be scared of anyone?I am Indira Gandhi’sdaughter-in-law.”

She said this afterpersonally directing theCongress party to haltParliament on Tuesday. Thisis ‘democratic’ Sonia, thedaughter-in-law of IndiraGandhi, the saviour ofdemocracy in India, chargingModi with ‘dictatorship’.There cannot be a more crueljoke on democracy.

(The author is a well-known commentator on political

and economic issues.)

Obviously stressed by the courtnotice on charges of swallowingthousands of crores ofproperties of National Herald byusing the Congress party, SoniaGandhi said, “Why should I bescared of anyone? I am IndiraGandhi’s daughter-in-law.” Shesaid this after personallydirecting the Congress party tohalt Parliament on Tuesday.This is ‘democratic’ Sonia, thedaughter-in-law of IndiraGandhi, the saviour ofdemocracy in India, chargingModi with ‘dictatorship’. Therecannot be a more cruel joke ondemocracy.

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